Stories from Sunday, June 13, 1993

To the Editor: The vote on the gambling issue has shown the power of those opposed to progress. The buckle on this Bible belt town has been tightened a few more notches. To those of you shouting Hallelujah and Hosanna at Tuesday's defeat of the proposal, remember how many jobs have been lost because of your efforts...

CHARLESTON -- Charles David Collier, 66, of Barlow, Ky., a native of Chaffee, died Friday, June 11, 1993, at his home. He was born March 19, 1927, at Chaffee, son of Freeman Collier Sr. and Esther Mitchell Collier. He was a retired farmer. He was married to Virginia Laxton. She survives...

Gerald McDougall, associate vice president for academic affairs at Wichita State University, has been named the new dean of the College of Business Administration and professor of economics at Southeast Missouri State University. The appointment was approved in a closed session meeting Tuesday of the university's Board of Regents and announced Friday afternoon...

OLMSTED, Ill. -- Local construction jobs are in jeopardy when work gets under way on the coffer dam phase of the billion-dollar Olmsted lock and dam project. The winner of the first phase contract of the project will "bring in" its own workers for the $53.6 million project to build a coffer dam on the Ohio River...

The United States Air Force Auxiliary is coordinating a Recruitment Fair for all branches of the service Saturday, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Town Plaza in Cape Girardeau. Those divisions represented include the Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force, the Air Force ROTC, the U.S. Army, the Army ROTC, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the Army National Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Seabees...

It's a terrible thing not to have an enemy. It's a terrible thing losing a Red Menace that could unite the free world in philosophical and political lock-step. It's a terrible thing when democratic nations think for themselves and find that greater greed outweighs greater good...

WICKLIFFE, Ky. - What is said to be the largest vessel ever built to operate on the inland waterways passed Cape Girardeau early Friday morning en route to its destination at East St. Louis. The $18.5 million Casino Queen was expected to arrive at St. Louis about noon Saturday in preparation for its grand opening later this month as a floating gambling casino...

To the Editor: Thousands of our dollars are spent each year on Cape Girardeau Boys' Little ~League Baseball. Parents pay fees each year so their children can enjoy this summer sport and we as parents can enjoy watching our youth have fun. Somewhere along the line a lot of the fun has been taken out of Cape's Little League Baseball for many of our children. ...

President Bill Clinton has now added to his stable of White House advisers the estimable David "I Was Never a Republican Or a Conservative" Gergen, a veteran of three of the last four Republican White Houses. Columnist Joe Sobran acidly observed: "If a celebrity is someone well-known for being well-known, then Gergen is vaguely familiar for being vaguely familiar. ...

It may take months before all the implications of Missouri's sweeping education reform bill are realized. The General Assembly approved the legislation May 14, and it will take effect Aug. 28. But educators and state officials are still trying to sort out the impact of this complex and confusing bill...

Today's edition includes a death notice for Diana Dickinson. In this rare instance, the obituary's author is also its subject. Diana Dickinson was a newspaperwoman in Perryville, and a good one. Her colleagues will miss her. Diana's name won't show up in a Pulitzer Prize directory, nor would it be recognized by the nation's top newsmakers. ...

To the Editor: I am disappointed that the Southeast Missourian found the "illegal prayer" at Central High School's graduation the only newsworthy activity at the ceremony~. The high school band performed well, it was nice to have the senior choir members sing the "~Alma Mater" and many groups of students were asked to stand to be recognized for special academic accomplishments~. ...

ADVANCE -- Grover C. Stevens, 74, of Advance, formerly of Zalma, died Friday, June 11, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 5, 1919 at Alton, Mo., son of Dee and Sarah Shipman Stevens. He married Eula Williams on Oct. 8, 1938 at Alton, Mo. She survives...

PERRYVILLE -- Diana Kay Dickinson of Perryville died Friday, June 11, 1993, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was editor of The Perry County Republic-Monitor. Dickinson was 44 years old. She was born Sept. 5, 1948, in Minneapolis, Minn., the daughter of Benjamin and Ruth (McLeod) Dvorak. She grew up in Minnesota and spent most of her life there. She moved to Perryville in 1987 as editor of The Republic-Monitor...

CHARLESTON -- Rodney D. Pepper, 62, of ST. Louis, formerly of Mississippi County, died Saturday, June 12, 1993 at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born Dec. 13, 1930 in Mississippi County, son of Clarence "Dutch" and Bessie B. Byassee Pepper...

SIKESTON -- Gladys Morris, 90, of Blytheville, Ark., formerly of Morehouse, Mo., died Friday, June 11, 1993, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Blytheville, Ark. She was born Aug. 4, 1902, at Enfield, Ill., daughter of Robert Jason and Irene Lee Craddock...

ANNA, Ill. -- Harold Holmes, 76, of Anna, Ill., died Friday, June 11, 1993, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. He was born Nov. 25, 1916, at Carrier Mills, Ill., son of Will and Maude Mosley Holmes. He married Dorothy Pratt, June 22, 1964. Holmes was a member of Stonefort United Methodist Church and retired from the Clyde Choate Mental Heath and Developmental Center...

TAMMS, Ill. -- William E. French, 67, of Tamms, Ill., died Saturday, June 12, 1993, at his residence. He was born Dec. 8, 1925, at Humbolt, Tenn., son of James Albert and Affie Grover French. He was a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Navy...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Rosemary Hargan Martin, 64, of Paducah, Ky., formerly of Mounds, Ill., died Saturday, June 12, 1993, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 15, 1929, at Mounds, Ill., daughter of Lowell and Lora Johnson Hargan...

MARBLE HILL -- Melvin B. Hinkle, 70, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, June 12, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born June 4, 1923, at Cape Girardeau, son of Clarence and Naomi Bess Hinkle. He was married to Ruth Vanmatre Bollinger, Sept. 29, 1978...

CANALOU -- Funeral service for Loyal Marie Jones of Canalou was held Saturday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel at Sikeston. The Rev. Mike Cartwright officiated, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery at Sikeston. Jones, 76, died Thursday, June 10, 1993, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews...

SIKESTON -- James Edward Aduddell, 58, of Sikeston, died Friday, June 11, 1993, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 13, 1935, at Cairo, Ill., son of Ray and Vivian Vaughn Aduddell. He married Marcella Miles, May 22, 1955. She died Oct. 6, 1977...

A memorial service for Marcella Jennings Sutterfield of Laguna Hills, Calif., will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church. Sutterfield, 79, died Sunday, March 21, 1993, at Villa Valencia in Laguna Hills. She was born Oct. 29, 1913. She married the Rev. W.E. Sutterfield, who preceded her in death...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Willie M. Burnes, 80, of East Prairie, died Thursday, June 10, 1993, at East Prairie Nursing Center. He was born Feb. 1, 1913, in Union City, Tenn., son of William Fletcher and Betty Hite Burnes. He and Nora Elizabeth Wiggins Burnes were married Nov. 18, 1941, at Charleston...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Arlen Russell Pettit of Chaffee will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Maurice Eagan will officiate, with burial in Union Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. today...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Irene Davis of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Anna, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Crain Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Christine Erdmann will officiate, with burial in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 9 a.m. Wednesday...

James T. Singleton, 73, 1723 Bloomfield, died Tuesday, June 8, 1993, at his home. He was born March 6, 1920, near Sikeston, son of James T. and Annie Morris Singleton. He and Lucille Smith were married Aug. 29, 1964, at Caruthersville. Singleton was a retired clerk with U.S. Post Office. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and was a member of Naval Reserve from 1964-79, and past member of VFW...

You wouldn't find Lucille Sams sitting down on the job. For 48 years, the seasoned shoe factory worker held a job that had her standing on her feet. But Friday was her last day on the job at the Florsheim Shoe Co. on Highway 74 in Cape Girardeau. At age 64, Sams with the most seniority among the plant's approximately 400 workers retired...

JACKSON - Mike Niemeier politely and patiently handles each phone call to his office in the County Administration Building, where he sits each day behind a computer terminal and a stack of computer printouts. Within seconds of one conversation coming to an end, the phone rings again...

RIVERFEST 1993 HELPS CELEBRATE CITY BICENTENNIAL: Peter Dybing, St. Louis, helps Arica Stephenson, 5, Perryville, inflate a balloon to make a dog during Riverfest. Christina Brumbaugh, 15, Cape Girardeau, is Miss Riverfest 1993. Clockwise from left, Sara Price, 10, Jonesboro, Ill., rides the bumper cars. ...

Adam Mueller was 9 years old in 1940, the year Hitler and Stalin made a deal that repatriated thousands of German families living in Besarbia, a section of what is now Ukraine. As it turned out, "This was our blessing," Mueller says of his family's return to Germany...

St. Francis Medical Center will help raise public awareness of skin cancer risks by sponsoring "sun sense" programs at Cape Girardeau's municipal swimming pools Wednesday. The educational sessions will take place from 1-2:30 p.m. at both Capaha Pool and Central Pool. Members of the St. Francis Cancercare staff will have samples of various types of sun screen lotions...

The Illinois Legislative session will wind down this month perhaps. "We were scheduled to adjourn our spring session on May 28, a month earlier than usual," said Sen. Jim Rea of Christopher. "But, it didn't happen." Rea said Friday that it now appears the session will go through June...

Benjamin F. Edwards III was in Cape Girardeau Friday for what he called a "visit to the real world." Edwards, president, chairman and chief executive officer of A.G. Edwards & Sons, is taking time out to visit brokers in several of the investment firm's branches...

One of the simple pleasures of June for me is to sit in a sunny patch of clover and observe the world, imbibing through every pore, as Thoreau would say, the sights, sounds and smells, feeling textures of leaves and grasses and perhaps a fallen bird feather or floating piece of cottonwood lint...

Casting a net into the community, volunteers with the FISH organization reel back donations of food, money and help for people in need. Thousands of people receive assistance each year through the cooperative ministry designed to give families basic necessities...

Three kids will win trips to Six Flags in the Southeast Missourian/Six Flags coloring contest. The contest is open to kids in three age groups: 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. The theme of this year's contest is "Color Your Way to Six Flags." Two-day trips for a family of four will be given away to grand prize winners. ...

If you're looking for something special to do with dad on Father's Day, you may want to consider a historic tour of Trial of Tears State Park, just north of Cape Girardeau. This historic tour will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 20. But the tour is not limited to dads...

SPRINGFIELD - Seven area students were named to the honor roll at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield for the second semester of the 1992-93 academic year. Kenneth E. Cantrell, Steven W. Logel, Jeffrey A. Nall, and James E. Outman III, all of Cape Girardeau; Polly A. Jones and Bredan S. Uhrhan, both of Jackson; and Nickole L. Keller of Gordonville were named to the honor roll...

Zonnya Elizabeth White of Cape Girardeau has received academic honors for the spring semester at Purdue University. She is studying agriculture at the university. Students who earn academic honors at Purdue must have earned at least a 5.5 semester or cumulative grade point average on a 6 point scale...

Staci Lynn Huey of Cape Girardeau has been named to the dean's list at Culver-Stockton College for the spring semester. Students on the dean's list have earned a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99 and were enrolled with a minimum of 12 hours with no grade lower than a C...

Catherine Marie Retherford of Cape Girardeau graduated May 16 from the University of Missouri-Columbia with honors. She graduated Summa Cum Laude, and had studied physical therapy. She was a member of Alpha Eta Society, devoted to scholarship in allied health, the Golden Key Honor Society, was a member of the third team GTE Academic All-American in Softball and is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association...

Kamilla Myrick of Cape Girardeau as been awarded a Regents' Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1993-1994 academic year. The Regents' Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class and who have achieved an ACT score of 28 or SAT score of 1160, or have been named the valedictorian or salutatorian of their class and who have achieved an ACT score of 25 or SAT score of 1030. ...

Two local students have been named to the spring honor's list at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar. Shanna Ferguson of Cape Girardeau and Thomas Ratledge of Benton earned the honor. Ferguson, a 1992 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School, is a freshman physical therapy major at SBU. She is the daughter of Kim and Donal Ferguson of Cape Girardeau...